https://www.fogolf.com/us/11604/ Texas turned an abandoned golf course into a 200-acre flood-control landscape; while still unfinished during Hurricane Harvey it held 100 million gallons of water #ExplorationGreen #FloodControl #HurricaneHarvey #StormwaterManagement #Texas #TexasFloodPrevention #TexasGolf
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/263938/ On This Day, Aug. 25: U.S. Marines deployed to Lebanon #Beirut #GalileoGalilei #GeorgeLincolnRockwell #GermanOccupation #HurricaneHarvey #Lebanon #PhotoCourtesy #PresidentRonaldReagan #SamanthaSmith #TheCityOfNewOrleans #USMarines #UnitedPress
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Texas turned an abandoned golf course into a 200-acre flood-control landscape; while still unfinished during Hurricane Harvey it held 100 million gallons of water
The Clear Lake City Water Authority decided to buy the golf course and use the land to increase…
#Golf #News #ExplorationGreen #floodcontrol #HurricaneHarvey #stormwatermanagement #Texasfloodprevention
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‘Living in survival mode’: Houston’s embattled immigrant community faces health, climate and petrochemical crises https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/02/houston-texas-immigrants-ice-health-extreme-weather #Houston #UsImmigration #Pollution #Flooding #AirPollution #Race #ClimateCrisis #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #TrumpAdministration #HurricaneHarvey #Hurricanes #ExtremeWeather #OilAndGasCompanies #EnergyIndustry #Environment #Texas #UsPolitics #UsNews
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The Harris County Flood Control District has paused more than 26 groups of flood mitigation projects following revelations of a major funding shortfall on 2018 flood bond projects that were approved by voters after Hurricane Harvey.
#HarrisCounty #Local #News #2018FloodBond #FloodBond #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HurricaneHarvey
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Houston residents with homes damaged by Hurricane Beryl or the derecho wind event last year could receive financial assistance in the coming months. The need is greater than the available funding — a problem the city has faced in the past.
#CityOfHouston #Housing #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #DisasterRecovery #HoustonDerecho #HoustonHousing #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneHarvey #TexasGeneralLandOffice #TexasHousers
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Elon Musk said his proposal to build tunnels to address Houston's chronic flooding woes would work, after an investigation raised questions about the plan's effectiveness. But experts say his plan has key technical and logistical challenges.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #ElonMusk #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HurricaneHarvey #TheBoringCo
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The Houston Avenue bridge, which has repeatedly been struck by motorists passing underneath it over the years, likely will be demolished and relocated as part of an ongoing TxDOT project to elevate Interstate 10 near White Oak Bayou.
#Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #PublicSafety #Traffic #Transportation #BridgeStrikes #HoustonAvenueBridge #HurricaneHarvey #I10WhiteOakBayouProject #TropicalStormImelda #Txdot
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For years, experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels under the area to divert floodwaters and save lives and property. Now, Elon Musk wants a piece of the project.
#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #ElonMusk #HurricaneHarvey #USCongress
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HUD plans to halt its probe into allegations that a Texas agency diverted $1B in disaster mitigation money from Houston and other communities of color hit hard by Hurricane Harvey toward more rural, white communities less damaged by the storm. #Houston #HurricaneHarvey
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Following a revelation that Harris County has about a $1 billion funding shortfall for earmarked flood bond projects initiated after Hurricane Harvey, county commissioners on Thursday voted to finance certain high-priority projects.
#Flooding #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #2018FloodBond #FloodMitigation #FloodingProjects #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HurricaneHarvey
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The way Central Texans rushed to each other's aid during the Fourth of July floods conjured memories of Hurricane Harvey for Donnie Mosher, a Houston man who had traveled to Kerr County to look for a home.
#Flooding #Houston #Local #News #Texas #CentralTexasFloods #GuadalupeRiverFlood #HurricaneHarvey #NaturalDisasters #TexasHillCountry
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Houston and Harris County are again at odds over funding for Mayor John Whitmire’s ambitious push to “end street homelessness” as the city’s fund for the initiative remains short of its goal.
#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Housing #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #Politics #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HomelessInHouston #Homelessness #HomelessnessInHouston #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HurricaneHarvey
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More than $26 million in federal disaster recovery money – which was previously allocated but left unspent – is being newly awarded to a series of affordable housing developments in the Houston and Galveston areas.
#Galveston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Hurricane #HurricaneHarvey #Local #News #Politics #Texas #FederalDisasterRecoveryMoney #HurricaneHarveyRecovery #HurricaneIke #HurricaneIkeRecovery #TexasGeneralLandOffice
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A recently published study found that Houston is the fastest-sinking major city in the United States, with more than 40% of its land area subsiding faster than 5 millimeters per year.
#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #HoustonFlooding #HurricaneHarvey #SinkingHouston #SinkingLand #Subsidence
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The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
#HarrisCounty #Housing #Houston #Hurricane #HurricaneHarvey #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #CivilRights #PresidentDonaldTrump #TexasGeneralLandOffice #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment #USDepartmentOfJustice
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A bipartisan group of state and county officials broke ground in the Pine Trails Subdivision on a multi-million-dollar drainage improvement project meant to benefit homes that were flooded during Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
#HarrisCounty #Houston #HurricaneHarvey #Infrastructure #Local #News #HarrisCountyPrecinct2 #HurricaneHarveyReliefFunds #LandOfficeCommissionerDawnBuckingham #OmmissionerAdrianGarcia #PineTrailsSubdivision
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Texas officials discriminated against residents based on race and national origin in distributing $1 billion in Hurricane Harvey aid in 2021, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development affirmed this week.
#Flooding #HarrisCounty #Housing #Houston #HurricaneHarvey #Local #National #News #Texas #DepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment #HurricaneHarveyRecovery #TexasGeneralLandOffice
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About 200 Houston households impacted by Hurricane Harvey, which brought widespread flooding to the region in 2017, will receive up to $125,000 in assistance toward down payments, closing costs, subsidized interest rates and principal buydown.
#CityOfHouston #Flooding #Housing #Houston #HurricaneHarvey #Local #News #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonHousingAndCommunityDevelopmentDepartment #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #TexasGeneralLandOffice
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Harris County settles lawsuit against Arkema over 2017 chemical plant fire
#Court #EnergyEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HurricaneHarvey #Local #News #Arkema #Lawsuit #PlantFire #Settlement
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Christopher Montealegre, 45, admitted he fraudulently received a $314,000 house rebuild after applying for relief intended for homeowners affected by Hurricane Harvey. He pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds.
#CriminalJustice #Houston #Local #News #HurricaneHarvey #USAttorneySOffice #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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The City of Houston and Harris County will get more time to dole out Hurricane Harvey relief funding after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development granted a two-year extension.
#CityOfHouston #Houston #HurricaneHarvey #Local #News #GeneralLandOffice
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Since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, more than 200 flood-prone Houston homes have been earmarked for federal grant funding so they can be elevated off the ground level. None of them have been raised to this point.
#CityOfHouston #Flooding #Housing #Houston #Local #News #Fema #FloodMitigation #FloodMitigationAssistanceProgram #FloodingInHouston #HoustonCityCouncil #HurricaneHarvey
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More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas Coast, the city of Houston has yet to allocate $200 million in federal relief funds to victims, according to the state's General Land Office.
#Houston #Local #News #Weather #CityOfHouston #HurricaneHarvey #TexasGeneralLandOffice #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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More than six years after Hurricane Harvey flooded thousands of homes and killed more than 80 people on the Texas Coast, the city of Houston has yet to allocate $200 million in federal relief funds to victims, according to the state's General Land Office.
#Houston #News #Weather #CityOfHouston #HurricaneHarvey #TexasGeneralLandOffice #USDepartmentOfHousingAndUrbanDevelopment
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Houston's new mayor and Texas' land commissioner both have expressed a willingness to work with each other, which could spell relief for Houston residents who are still trying to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
#CityOfHouston #Flooding #Housing #Houston #HurricaneHarvey #Local #News #Politics #DawnBuckingham #FederalDisasterRecoveryMoney #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #TexasGeneralLandOffice
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As his two terms in office come to an end, Mayor Sylvester Turner reflects on his time leading Houston.
#CityOfHouston #Houston #HoustonMayor #InDepth #Local #News #BoilWaterNotice #GunBuyback #HoustonMayorSylvesterTurner #HurricaneHarvey #SylvesterTurner #TaxDayFlood #WinterStormUri
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No #water, #roads or emergency services
"The Trinity River washed away their old life during #HurricaneHarvey. Repeated #flooding and #erosion since then never gave it back.
Water hasn’t flowed to the homes in this neighborhood in more than three years — the water company says it can’t get vehicles in to maintain its well — and first responders won’t attempt to navigate the neighborhood’s narrow bridge and eroded dirt roads."
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/29/texas-climate-managed-retreat-buyouts-liberty-county-flood/
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